A SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR GENERATION AND PROCESSING OFSOFTWARE APPLICATION INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

摘要

The present invention allows developers of user installable software interfaces to generate end user installation procedures and documentation fo r the interface through a software solution. The method of the present inventi on reads interface configuration data present within a description of the interface and creates an installation guide that reflects that interface as it then exists. Guide creation may occur in real-time. In a preferred embodimen t, the method of the present invention for automated generation of installation instructions for an interface comprises deriving installation related information from configuration data associated with the interface; retrievin g template installation instruction information from a persistent data store; and incorporating the derived installation related information into the template installation information to form an installation instruction data file that may be formatted in numerous ways.